A LETTER FROM OUR LEADERS

CHIC is created by and for Black women, women of color, and all women. We are a community that empowers women, young women and girls to create generational legacies of health and wealth. Why? Because when we invest in a woman, she extends our investment toward the betterment of her family and her community — her world. Investing in women impacts generations and transforms futures.

At the core of our work are people: individuals, families, and communities. CHIC works with schools to create spaces where Black girls and young women are valued, are taught to nurture their own mental and physical health, and are exposed to new opportunities. We provide mentorship and advocacy to disrupt the school to prison pipeline, and empower young women who are impacted by the judicial system to change the course of their own lives. We help women develop vital professional skills so that they can advance within high-demand, high-paying, low-barrier career paths, and access newfound economic mobility. We are a community hub for Black women and families to access vital resources, connections and opportunities. And, we are an advocate — we are helping to direct policy, resources, and power dynamics in ways that expressly and directly work toward the empowerment and the betterment of Black women, Black families, and Black people in Colorado.

We are part of a long line of Black women and women of color who have carried the torch for justice. As a part of this legacy, we are called to think not only about the change we can make today, but also about the world we want to see in seven generations. We are working for a woman we may never meet, a woman who will be alive in fifty, eighty, one hundred years. We are called to create a world where she thrives. We are called to create a world where college is free for her, for every Black person - and for every PERSON - in Colorado. We are called to ensure that she is paid the true and full value of her work and her worth. We are called to advocate for her to own her home in a neighborhood where the schools are designed for her children’s success. We are called to believe that she can see - or BE - a Black woman in Colorado’s governor’s mansion.

Thank you for your partnership and support. We are excited to share our accomplishments in 2022 and our vision for 2023! In gratitude, Sade,

Hilari & Katherine

CHIC’s mission is to build women’s economic, social and cultural capital because powerful women build healthy families and thriving communities.